Cheesy Mitch, Inc., prepares in-flight meals for a number of major airlines. One of the company's products is stuff cannelloni with roasted pepper sauce, fresh baby corn, and spring salad. During the most recent week, the company prepared 6,000 of these meals using 1,150 direct labor-hours. The company paid these direct labor workers a total of PI1,500 for this work, or PI0 per hour. According to the standard cost card for this meal, it should require 0.20 direct Tabor-hours at a cost of P9.50 per hour. Required: 1. What direct labor cost should have been incurred to prepare 6.000 meals? How much does this differ from the actual direct labor cost? 2. Break down the difference computed in (1) above into a labor rate variance and a labor efficiency variance.

Cheesy Mitch, Inc., prepares in-flight meals for a number of major airlines. One of the company's products is stuff cannelloni with roasted pepper sauce, fresh baby corn, and spring salad. During the most recent week, the company prepared 6,000 of these meals using 1,150 direct labor-hours. The company paid these direct labor workers a total of PI1,500 for this work, or PI0 per hour. According to the standard cost card for this meal, it should require 0.20 direct Tabor-hours at a cost of P9.50 per hour. Required: 1. What direct labor cost should have been incurred to prepare 6.000 meals? How much does this differ from the actual direct labor cost? 2. Break down the difference computed in (1) above into a labor rate variance and a labor efficiency variance.

Cornerstones of Cost Management (Cornerstones Series)

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Chapter17: Activity Resource Usage Model And Tactical Decision Making

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